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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Anne and Pammy spend most of their time?
(a) Shelly's house
(b) The record store
(c) The mall
(d) The Y

2. Why does Anne say she can make Sam go to church?
(a) She makes all his decisions
(b) She coerces him
(c) She is bigger than he is
(d) She threatens him

3. What happens to Anne's father at the age of 54?
(a) He goes to law school.
(b) He gets a tumor and has only two years to live.
(c) He gets a sports car.
(d) He starts his own business.

4. What does this woman do when the church elders take Holy Communion to her?
(a) She accepts it gladly.
(b) She cries.
(c) She drops the wafer on the floor.
(d) She refuses it.

5. What does Anne talk about in addition to her faith?
(a) Her cooking skills
(b) Her messy house
(c) Her human failures
(d) Her job search

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Anne still grief-stricken?

2. What sight irritates Anne so that she has to focus on something else?

3. What happens to Anne's newly purchased used car?

4. Whose strong presence does Anne feel one night when she is scared?

5. Anne says she is not one of those Christians ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Anne and Sam are at Ixtapa for vacation, they are both still mourning the death of Anne's friend, Pammy. What happens to alter Anne's perspective a little?

2. What is the perception about religion in Anne's home as she grows up?

3. What is Anne's plan of forgiveness when she realizes that she is one of those Christians who does not forgive?

4. How does Anne respond when some paragliders offer Sam a free ride for his birthday one year in Idaho?

5. How does an Ash Wednesday morning, which Anne means to be filled with respect, turn out completely the opposite?

6. What is the symbolism Anne speaks of when she talks about "pieces of Pammy"?

7. Describe Anne's life at 28.

8. How does Anne describe her church family?

9. How is Anne like her activist father?

10. One day Anne sits next to a man on a plane who notes the cross on a chain around Anne's neck and asks if she is a born-again Christian? How does Anne respond?

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